Here are several more wonderful events that took place at the festival. Circus Harmony, from St. Louis, who I wrote a little bit about in my recent post on Circus Flora. They are a very successful inner-city youth troupe. Eliana Grace is the daughter of Jessica Hentoff, founder of Circus Harmony and has a wonderful […]

From June 28th till July 6th I had the honor and pleasure of attending the 50th anniversary of the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival on the National Mall in Washington D.C. [ What follows is the first of two blogs that I’m posting about my visit to the Smithsonian Folk Life Festival. ] This year’s festival […]